VMware Tools User Guide - VMware Tools 11.1

VMware Tools User Guide

VMware Tools 11.1.0

VMware Tools User Guide

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Contents

About This Book 5

Updated Information 6

1 Introduction to VMware Tools 7

VMware Tools Services 8 VMware Tools Lifecycle Management 9 VMware Tools Device Drivers 11 VMware User Process 13 Using Open VM Tools 14 Operating System Specific Packages for Linux Guest Operating Systems 16

2 Installing VMware Tools 18

Disable Access Protection from the McAfee Antivirus Virus Scan Console 19 Integration of VMware AppDefense with VMware Tools 20

Exclude AppDefense Component During Installation 21 Automating VMware Tools Installation for Multiple Windows Virtual Machines 22

Suppress Prompts About Unsigned Drivers on Windows Operating Systems Before Vista 23

Add VMware as a Trusted Publisher to Suppress Driver Prompts 23 Names of VMware Tools Features Used in Silent Installations 24 Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Windows Virtual Machine 27 Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Linux Virtual Machine 29 Installing open-vm-tools 31 Manually Installing VMware Tools in a macOS Virtual Machine 33 Manually Installing VMware Tools on a Solaris Virtual Machine 33

3 Upgrading VMware Tools 36

Configure Virtual Machines to Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools 38 Manually upgrading VMware Tools in virtual machines 38 Performing an Automatic Upgrade of VMware Tools 39 VMware Tools Installer Logging to the Host 40

4 Configuring VMware Tools Components 43

Configuration File Location 43 Configuring Network Interface Information 44 Exclude Specific File Systems from Quiesced Snapshots 45 Security Considerations for Configuring VMware Tools 46

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Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility 49 Configuring Time Synchronization Between Guest and Host Operating Systems 49 Disabling Time Synchronization 51 Use Device Connect or Disconnect 52 Using Custom VMware Tools Scripts 53 Retrieving Status Information About the Virtual Machine 58 Configuring appinfo 60 Configuring Service Discovery 62

Configuring Automatic Upgrade and Installation or Removal of a Component 63

5 Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program 65

Categories of Information That VMware Receives 65 Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program in the vSphere Web Client 65

6 Troubleshooting VMware Tools Installation and Upgrade Issues 66

Installing or Upgrading to VMware Tools 10.3.0 66

7 Troubleshooting VMware Tools Components 68

Repair or Change Modules in Windows Virtual Machines 68 Starting the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager 68

8 Uninstalling VMware Tools 70

9 FAQs about VMware Tools 71

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About This Book

The VMware Tools Guide describes how to install, upgrade, and configure VMware Tools.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for anyone who wants to install, upgrade, and configure VMware Tools. The information is written for system administrators who are familiar with virtualization.

VMware Technical Publications Glossary

VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to http:// support/pubs.

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